by Jim Tankersley A Republican House candidate in a toss-up Oregon district found a way to cut through the White House buzz and make some news on Monday: by dropping an abortion bomb on his opponent. Kevin Mannix, a former...

by Jim Tankersley Update, 12:31 p.m. A couple of parting thoughts for the evening. 1) Insomniac political junkies on the East Coast: May we direct your attention to the Oregonian newspaper's all-hands-on-deck blog of the state's primary results tonight....